Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-01
The Amateur Performance.

| The Wallack Minstrel and Social Club
hal crowded house last night. 1t was in
| fact remarkable audience in numbers,
good-natured and determination to be
pleased. The amateurs did very well, if the
beginning and ending are excepted In the
| first part every one except Root, Butler and
! Naghel lost their voices, much to the en-
barrassment of the musical director. Pro-
| fessor Won Hirsch, to whose ability and
drill the company owes much. William
Root and Ed. Naghel were very good end
men, better than any amateurs we have
seen, and as good as some regulars" Ray
| Butler sings in clear, strong tenor of very
good quality. Gutthod is pleasing bal
ladlst, but did not recover his voice until he
came on in a speciality part. w. E. Bry-
ants musical performance, aided by Root
| at the piano, was remarkably varied Bry-
ant played upon no less than nineteen dis
tinct instruments, and his performance on
the bells was capital. Not half the ''musi-
cal experts who travel with regular COM
panies give as successful performance as
did Bryant last night. Ed. T. Naghel in
Dutch specialties, and he and Root in
- Across the Ferry proved to be versatile,
and TO have decided ability in burlesque
Burns, who could scarcely be heard in the
first part, was excellent in a song and dance,
character act, and vocal duet with But
Ter, who was equally as good. 4 pie eating
contest between five boys with blackened
faces, was boisterously amusing, and fairly
convulsed the house with laughter; but it
must be said 1t was not a performance one
would wish 10 see repeated. The
farce at the conclusion was a very
noisy one, and of the rough-and-
tumble order. The young men, with
so much OF real ability in their club,
ought TO have acted clever burlesque
or broad farce, instead of piece with its
scenes in a dive, and lis characters all of
a low order. The company as a whole,
has capacity to give very enjoyable enter
tainment, and needs but a little training
and experience to put the members at ease
and qualify several of them to compete
with professionals. In the midst of the
performance County Clerk W. B. Hamil-
ton was called to the stage and asked to
present fine gold medal to Vim. McLaugh-
lin, of this city, the champion baseball
catcher of the Pacific coast. The funds for
the medal were secured almost wholly
through the exertions of w. J. Abernetby,
who originated the idea of the medal, and
who was aided in his canvass by Ed. T.
Nsghel, both members of the Wal
lack CLUB. On the face of the
medal, which is of solid gold,
and of exceedingly handsome design
and skillful workmanship, is fig
ure in enamel representing Mclaughlin in
position as catcher" with the words be-
meath, Champion of the Pacific Coast"
On the reverse side are the words, Pre-
scented to VIM. Mclaughlin by VIM. ].
Abernethy on behalf of the Wallack Min
strel and Social Club and citizens of Sac
ramento, November 30th." Mr.. Hamilton
called Mclaughlin to the stage and pre-
scented the costly medal in a neat and we'll |
delivered speech. Mclaughlin attempted
to reply and hesitated, the audience tried |
to help him out, but his embarrassment
grew upon him. He got as far as Ladies |
and Gentlemen" raised hand to gesticu-
late, shut his mouth suddenly and with |
despairing shake of the head hurried off |
of the stage.